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• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-payment-rate-drops-to-record-low-as-attacks-surge/
• https://www.securityweek.com/recent-cisco-catalyst-sd-wan-vulnerability-now-widely-exploited/
• https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/nation-state-actor-ai-malware-assembly-line
• https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ransomware-identity-ai-cloudflare/813319/
• https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/anthropic-finds-22-firefox.html?m=1

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amazon-ai-assisted-hacker-breached-600-fortigate-firewalls-in-5-weeks/

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/open_source_registries_fund_security/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/infostealer-malware-found-stealing-openclaw-secrets-for-first-time/

https://www.securityweek.com/api-threats-grow-in-scale-as-ai-expands-the-blast-radius/

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/19/rmm_rat_trustconnect/

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Links to this week’s stories:

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/notepad_hijacking_lotus_blossom/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-job-recruiters-hide-malware-in-developer-coding-challenges/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amos-infostealer-targets-macos-through-a-popular-ai-app/

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/10/ai_agents_messaging_apps_data_leak/

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/11/payroll_pirates_business_social_engineering/

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Links to the stories we cover in this episode:

• https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/faster_patching_please_cry_infoseccers/
• https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/mandiant-finds-shinyhunters-using.html?m=1
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/marquis-blames-ransomware-breach-on-sonicwall-cloud-backup-hack/
• https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/researchers-find-175000-publicly.html?m=1
• https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/openclaw-ai-runs-wild-business-environments

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Links to the stories we cover in this episode:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-security-testing-apps-to-breach-fortune-500-firms/

https://www.securityweek.com/analysis-of-6-billion-passwords-shows-stagnant-user-behavior/

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/20/group_ib_ai_cycercrime_subscriptions/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/voidlink-cloud-malware-shows-clear-signs-of-being-ai-generated/

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/mandiant-releases-rainbow-table-that-cracks-weak-admin-password-in-12-hours/

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Links to the stories in this episode:

• https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/09/pyongyangs_cyberspies_are_turning_qr/
• https://www.scworld.com/perspective/five-ways-to-conduct-a-more-secure-hiring-process
• https://cybersecuritynews.com/vmware-esxi-exploited-toolkit/
• https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ciso-succession-crisis-highlights-turnover-amplifies-security-risks

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Links to this week’s stories:

• https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/cybersecurity-tech-recommended-by-cyber-insurer-claims-data
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trust-wallet-links-85-million-crypto-theft-to-shai-hulud-npm-attack/
• https://www.securityweek.com/hacker-claims-theft-of-40-million-conde-nast-records-after-wired-data-leak/
• https://databreaches.net/2025/12/30/software-company-lacked-downstream-liability-for-data-breach/
• https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/12/home-depot-exposed-access-to-internal-systems-for-a-year-says-researcher/

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Links to this week’s stories:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webrat-malware-spread-via-fake-vulnerability-exploits-on-github/

https://cybersecuritynews.com/mongobleed-poc-exploit-mongodb/

https://cybersecuritynews.com/fortigate-firewall-vulnerability/

https://cybersecuritynews.com/oracle-e-business-suite-hack/